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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Graham Readfearn Environment and climate correspondent

Plan to extend Queensland coalmine would bulldoze ‘critical’ koala habitat

Habitat for threatened koalas that are part of a population described by one expert as nationally significant would be bulldozed under plans to extend a Queensland coalmine.

The campaign group Lock the Gate used drones with thermal imaging cameras to find 13 koalas in one night in trees earmarked for clearing by mining company Glencore.

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